AL.com topics: arms smugglingtag:topics.al.com,2015:tag/arms%20smuggling2015-03-04T00:10:43ZMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advanceAccused smuggler pleads not guilty to trying set up Mobile-to-Mexico arms dealtag:blog.al.com,2013:/live//914.98022162013-01-17T11:30:19Z2013-01-17T11:30:30ZRafael Enrique Peyrani had been at large since a federal grand jury in Mobile indicted him in November 2010. Prosecutors contend that he negotiated a deal with undercover agents in Mobile to pay $86,500 for crates of guns and grenade launchers. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
Rafael Enrique Peyrani had been at large since a federal grand jury in Mobile indicted him in November 2010. Prosecutors contend that he negotiated a deal with undercover agents in Mobile to pay $86,500 for crates of guns and grenade launchers.
Texas man gets 3½ years for trying to set up Mobile-to-Mexico arms deal tag:blog.al.com,2012:/live//914.89428412012-09-03T12:30:07Z2012-09-03T04:41:49ZMOBILE, Alabama -- A Texas man will go to prison for 3½ years for trying to set up a deal to ship military-grade firearms to Mexican drug lords, a federal judge in Mobile decided last week.
Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Alabama -- A Texas man will go to prison for 3½ years for trying to set up a deal to ship military-grade firearms to Mexican drug lords, a federal judge in Mobile decided last week.
Texas man admits to attempted purchase of military weapons from agent in Mobiletag:blog.al.com,2012:/live//914.84062792012-05-28T13:37:52Z2012-05-28T13:17:16ZA Texas man pleaded guilty last week trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel, reversing earlier indications that he might offer an entrapment defense.
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A Texas man pleaded guilty last week trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel, reversing earlier indications that he might offer an entrapment defense.
Attorney for accused gun runner files notice of entrapment defensetag:blog.al.com,2012:/live//914.77211672012-02-13T14:30:45Z2012-05-28T02:44:38ZMOBILE, Alabama -- An attorney for a Texas man accused of trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel announced last week that he may pursue an entrapment defense.
Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Alabama -- An attorney for a Texas man accused of trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel announced last week that he may pursue an entrapment defense.
Cooperation nets truck driver time served for Mobile-to-Mexico gun smuggling schemetag:blog.al.com,2012:/live//914.76369822012-01-27T17:43:43Z2012-01-27T18:54:16ZMOBILE, Alabama -- A truck driver from Texas found himself under arrest for trying to put together an $86,500 deal to smuggle military-grade weapons into Mexico and then spent the next 15 months cooperating with investigators. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Alabama -- A truck driver from Texas found himself under arrest for trying to put together an $86,500 deal to smuggle military-grade weapons into Mexico and then spent the next 15 months cooperating with investigators.
Man accused of trying to smuggle military weapons from Mobile to Mexico pleads not guiltytag:blog.al.com,2012:/live//914.76265342012-01-25T21:49:56Z2012-01-25T21:50:01ZMOBILE, Alabama — A man accused of trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges this afternoon. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Alabama — A man accused of trying to buy military-grade weapons for a Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty to federal criminal charges this afternoon.
Reputed Mexican drug cartel member gets more than 3 years in Mobile smuggling casetag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.67977942011-08-12T20:52:27Z2011-08-12T22:21:28ZMOBILE, Alabama — Lawyers today presented a federal judge here with competing portraits of a Texas man who admitted to aiding an would-be gun smuggler — a dupe deserving special leniency or a member of a ruthless Mexican drug cartel.
Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Alabama — Lawyers today presented a federal judge here with competing portraits of a Texas man who admitted to aiding an would-be gun smuggler — a dupe deserving special leniency or a member of a ruthless Mexican drug cartel.
Texas man gets 7-plus years in drugs-for-weapons smuggling attempttag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.59044512011-03-11T20:43:00Z2011-03-11T20:44:38ZMOBILE, Ala. — A San Antonio man who tried to trade cash and drugs for military-grade weapons last summer will serve more than 7 years in prison, a federal judge here ruled today. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Ala. — A San Antonio man who tried to trade cash and drugs for military-grade weapons last summer will serve more than 7 years in prison, a federal judge here ruled today.
Iranian man sentenced for trying to smuggle fighter jet avionics from Mobiletag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.59039892011-03-11T19:31:00Z2011-03-12T21:23:54ZAn Iranian businessman who tried to acquire military parts emerged today from the Baldwin County jail, where he has sat quietly since Alabama-based federal agents were able to lure him to a meeting in another country a year ago. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
An Iranian businessman who tried to acquire military parts emerged today from the Baldwin County jail, where he has sat quietly since Alabama-based federal agents were able to lure him to a meeting in another country a year ago.
3rd defendant pleads guilty to trying to smuggle weapons to Mexican drug lordstag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.56517022011-01-31T20:37:00Z2011-01-31T20:37:34ZMOBILE, Ala. — The third of four men accused of trying to smuggled guns and other weapons from here into Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court today. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Ala. — The third of four men accused of trying to smuggled guns and other weapons from here into Mexico pleaded guilty in federal court today.
2 plead guilty to trying to buy military-grade weapons in Mobile for Mexican drug wartag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.55886372011-01-20T17:40:32Z2011-01-20T17:47:03ZTwo men pleaded guilty in Mobile today to trying to smuggle nearly $100,000 worth of military-grade weapons to drug lords south of the border in their fight against the Mexican military. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
Two men pleaded guilty in Mobile today to trying to smuggle nearly $100,000 worth of military-grade weapons to drug lords south of the border in their fight against the Mexican military.
Judge imposes more than 3 years on 'mule' who hauled drugs to purported weapons dealtag:blog.al.com,2011:/live//914.5560151.201101160655402011-01-16T20:00:59Z2011-01-16T12:55:40ZMOBILE, Ala. — A Texas man who hauled cocaine and marijuana to a purported arms deal in Mobile last summer will go to prison for more than three years, a federal judge ruled last week. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Ala. — A Texas man who hauled cocaine and marijuana to a purported arms deal in Mobile last summer will go to prison for more than three years, a federal judge ruled last week.
Texans accused of attempt to smuggle guns into Mexico plead guilty to drug chargetag:blog.al.com,2010:/live//914.50260422010-09-16T21:28:00Z2010-09-16T21:28:53ZTwo Texas men accused of trying to trade narcotics and cash for military-grade weapons and body armor pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge.
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Two Texas men accused of trying to trade narcotics and cash for military-grade weapons and body armor pleaded guilty today to a federal drug charge.
Feds: 2 men tried to buy high-powered weapons in Mobile, smuggle them to Mexicotag:blog.al.com,2010:/live//914.47952142010-07-22T19:44:46Z2010-07-22T23:12:44ZMOBILE, Ala. -- Federal authorities here arrested two suspected arms smugglers this month, accusing them of trying to buy dozens of high-powered weapons in the Port City and sneak them across the border into Mexico, prosecutors announced today. Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
MOBILE, Ala. -- Federal authorities here arrested two suspected arms smugglers this month, accusing them of trying to buy dozens of high-powered weapons in the Port City and sneak them across the border into Mexico, prosecutors announced today.
Update: Iranian pleads guilty in arms-smuggling case prosecuted in Mobiletag:blog.al.com,2010:/live//914.46774482010-06-17T22:06:26Z2010-06-17T23:13:03ZAn Iranian man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama today to attempting to illegally export fighter jet or military aircraft from the United States to Iran.Katherine Sayre, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.al.com/user/ksayre/index.html
An Iranian man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama today to attempting to illegally export fighter jet or military aircraft from the United States to Iran.
Attempted arms smuggling gets Texas man nearly 4 years in prisontag:blog.al.com,2010:/live//914.4366389.201003250834462010-03-25T13:01:01Z2010-03-25T13:34:46ZA Texas man who attempted to smuggle military-grade rifles and grenade launchers from the United States to Mexico was sentenced by a federal judge in Mobile on Wednesday to nearly four years in prison.Katherine Sayre, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayunehttp://connect.al.com/user/ksayre/index.html
A Texas man who attempted to smuggle military-grade rifles and grenade launchers from the United States to Mexico was sentenced by a federal judge in Mobile on Wednesday to nearly four years in prison.
Reputed arms dealer pleads guilty to attempt to smuggle jet engines to Irantag:blog.al.com,2009:/live//914.3966657.200911241305412009-11-24T12:01:21Z2009-11-24T19:05:41Z"It's a significant case for the country," said Maria Murphy, the criminal division chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Mobile. "The men and women in the military and our expertise and superiority in technology are our greatest assets."Brendan Kirby | bkirby@al.comhttp://connect.al.com/user/bkirby/index.html
"It's a significant case for the country," said Maria Murphy, the criminal division chief at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Mobile. "The men and women in the military and our expertise and superiority in technology are our greatest assets."
Iran smuggling figure facing arms dealing charges in Mobile known as 'The Field General'tag:blog.al.com,2009:/live//914.35581082009-09-04T12:36:42Z2009-09-04T13:05:41ZA Belgian native under indictment in Mobile for trying to sell military jet engines to Iran has a long history of international arms dealing, according to an extensive report by a Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalism organization. Paul Cloos, Press-Registerhttp://connect.al.com/user/pcloos/index.html
A Belgian native under indictment in Mobile for trying to sell military jet engines to Iran has a long history of international arms dealing, according to an extensive report by a Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalism organization.